Honest question: what's the problem with having HEY / Basecamp as a sponsor? Replies here seem to indicate they are somehow bad?
There's been a lot of news about HEY's new calendar app being rejected by App Store Review. In a lengthy X thread discussing the issue, David Heinemeier Hansson revealed that HEY has resubmitted the app to Apple, this time with some built-in content that seems awfully familiar: You're going to love our "make it do [...]
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After reading this I may not understand the nuance here. They include a sample calendar in the app 'start' screen which is a calendar with a collection of apple events similar to one Stephen made for a kickstarter.
So what's the issue exactly? I feel like I'm missing something here.
@michielh it’s the tweet by DHH that I take issue with. He didn’t have to point out that Stephen made a thing and now Hey is just going to give it to everyone for free (which is totes fair as it’s public data!). There was a way not to be a dick, and DHH chose the other option.
I have paid for Hey before, and use Basecamp at work, great products! I just don’t care for DHH much
@michielh The company is run by a guy that sorta acts like Elon. Thinks COVID was overblown, rants against DEI, banned his employees from discussing politics/race (which caused a large percentage of his employees to leave the company), and generally just gives off a right-wing red-pilled vibe in his ranty blog posts.
I used to subscribe to Hey email until I followed his blog.
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